Counterturn

Counterturn
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Counterturn brings life to art, and art to life. Join Nelson Rufatt and guests, as they talk music, literature, science, history, and all the pursuits of the humanist heart.

  1. 01/03/2024

    Poet, Philosopher... Jakob Ziguras

    I had the great honour of interviewing Jakob Ziguras about his latest and most accomplished book, Venetian Mirrors. Ziguras was born in Poland in 1977 to Polish and Greek parents and came to Australia in 1984. He studied fine arts before switching to a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Sydney. His poetry has appeared in journals in Australia and internationally. His debut collection Chains of Snow (Sydney: Pitt Street Poetry 2013) was shortlisted for the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. was shortlisted for the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. His poetry has appeared in a number of anthologies, including: Contemporary Australian Poetry (Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann 2016), The Best Australian Poems (Melbourne: Black Inc. 2014, 2015) and Incroci di poesia contemporanea 2010-2015 (Mestre: Amos Edizioni 2015).

    48 min

  2. 12/02/2024

    What Israel Is: A Conversation with the Multi-Instrumentalist Simon Starr

    Simon Starr is a Melbourne musician. That's all he wanted in his bio. And wisely so, because this conversation about music, Israel, and the fundamental questions of history and culture, needs very little introduction. Starr has given me one of my strongest episodes to date. The theme song 'Zaftik' was composed and performed by Nelson Rufatt.

    1h 11m

  3. 29/01/2024

    Anna Goldsworthy

    Professor Anna Goldsworthy is a concert pianist, both solo, and with the renowned Seraphim Trio. Her passion for teaching makes her the ideal Director of the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide. Her articles, plays, recent novel, and libretto, would be enough on their own to secure her reputation as an indispensable literary talent. But in her memoirs, Goldsworthy really brings music and prose together. Eschewing decadent lyricism, she writes about music as precisely as she plays it, and in so doing, tells the story of her life. The theme song 'Zaftik' was composed and performed by Nelson Rufatt.

    40 min

  4. 14/12/2023

    Israel -- Letter To A Friend

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    12 min

  5. 26/09/2023

    Children

    In this episode, Nelson celebrates the up-coming birth of his child, and wonders why so many people don't want kids. The theme song 'Zaftik' was composed and performed by Nelson Rufatt.

    6 min

  6. 07/09/2023

    Trouble and Strife: Mrs Rufatt Interviews Her Mr

    In today's episode, Nelson sits down in the interviewee's chair to chat with... his wife: Emma-Mae Rufatt. Together they clear up various mysteries, including why some musicians aren't artists, what makes good art, and what the ideal meat pie is made of. Emma-Mae is a classical soprano, choral scholar, and jazz singer. She is a superlative teacher of voice, piano, and music theory. The theme song 'Zaftik' was composed and performed by Nelson Rufatt.

    32 min

  7. 04/08/2023

    The Leaf-fattening Light: A Talk with the Poet Stephen Edgar

    In this episode, Nelson talks to Stephen Edgar about poetry, and why it springs as much from technique as from inspiration. Edgar's poetry can be read, listened to, and purchased at: http://www.stephenedgar.com.au/newsite/ The theme song 'Zaftik' was composed and performed by Nelson Rufatt.

    48 min

  8. 22/06/2023

    Barry Humphries: A Whole Way of Being Funny

    This episode is about the genius of Barry Humphries, and the Shakespearian magnitude of his characters. Like Shakespeare, Humphries created personalities who really did exist, in books, on stage, on television and film, in his head, and in our heads. Rufatt wrote this essay around the time of Humphries' death. The theme song 'Zaftik' was composed and performed by Nelson Rufatt.

    14 min
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Counterturn brings life to art, and art to life. Join Nelson Rufatt and guests, as they talk music, literature, science, history, and all the pursuits of the humanist heart.

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  • Creator
    Counterturn
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024
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